Traditional songs for guitar and other instruments

Chords, lyrics, tablature and standard notation for traditional songs. Presented with images, pdf:s and sounds alongside playing instructions and song facts.

Traditional songs have often lived across generations and in various versions. Famous traditional songs have often an older source to which melody a never lyrics have been written. Several genres such as hymns, folk ballads, spirituals, patriotic song and Christmas carols are among these. The other thing that distinguish traditional songs is that they are public domain, thus not protected by copyright (although arrangements of traditional songs are subject to copyright, which means the arrangements published cannot be republished without permission).

All songs

Tabs, notes, melody, chords and lyrics for a collection of tradtional songs for guitar.

Beginner songs

A collection of traditional songs especially chosen for beginners.

Christmas songs

A collection of Christmas carols from around the world.

Children's songs

A collection of popular Children's songs with tabs, notes, chords and lyrics.

Categories & alternative tunings

Choose from instruments:
Flute | Ukulele

Choose from genres and categories:
Spiritual songs | Christian hymns | Folk songs | Funeral hymns | National anthems

Songs available in alternate tunings:
Drop D tuning | Open G tuning

List of songs

A list of all traditional songs on this site so far (click on a table header to filter a column):

More songs will be added, stay tuned.